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It seems that when the changeover to the new traffic signal on the corner of Chapel and James Streets happened, the timing for the light changes was also changed. Now it takes an excessively *long* time for the light to turn green for James Street drivers. This is particularly problematic because there are TWO SCHOOLS on James Street right near this corner so that at drop off and pick up time, traffic-- including school buses and families picking up and dropping off-- becomes extremely backed up on James, well past Saltonstall and in front of the Martinez School.

This morning, we actually thought the light was broken as we waited, and waited, and waited on James-- the longest we have ever waited in the five years we have worked in this neighborhood.

Please, please-- is there someone from the City, Transportation, Traffic, & Parking, that can come down to see this corner *in person*? Ever since the work began here last spring with the new electric box, pedestrian cross, etc., this corner is a mess, including serious wheelchair accessibility issues as the pedestrian cross pole was put in the middle of the sidewalk. Thank you.

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Sarah(Guest)

I believe the problem of the traffic signal being slow to change is the new sensors for traffic coming from the north. These sensors have wires between them and the traffic and are probably reading incorrectly. The traffic light doesn't seem to notice any traffic on James Street until there are vehicles on the south side. At this point, there have been times when traffic on the north side of James Street has waited 5 minutes for the light to change and even then it won't allow more than 3-5 vehicles to go through the intersection before turning red again.

Wendy(Guest)

I come from the South side of the light on James in the morning and have had to wait, and wait and wait - traffic builds up excessively on this side as well, and it creates problems for street-parked cars to leave the curb due to the constant idling of a line of traffic at the busy drop off and pick up times. It doesn't help that when we do finally get a green on James it is *extremely* brief. There have been instances when the green on Chapel has gone to red and the pedestrian sign yields a walk, and then Chapel gets another green, the light on James remaining red even through multiple greens on Chapel.